In 1997 the Sabena management under the "influence"
of the Swissair,major shareholder of the Belgian company, was placing an order for 34 Airbus A320 series

(only 12 were effectively delivered before bankruptcy) to
replace the fleet of American Boeings.

The first one, an A321 variant (OO-SUA) landed at Brussels
National Airport on February 26th, 1999 and was officially presented
on the Belgian and international press on March 03rd,
1999 by the Sabena CEO, the Swiss man Paul Reutlinger.

This (giant and non-sense) order was the begin of the end of
the Belgian National Company who declared his bankruptcy on November 07th,
2001.

We propose a walkaround of this last narrow body of Sabena
hopping these pictures will help the modellers in their realisations and so
never forgot the 78 years old Belgian National Company who died thru corruption
8 years ago on a sadly day of Novemberů

Sabena logo positioning

A319

A320

A321

The
pilots office

Static ports and pitot tube (right side)

Static ports and pitot tube (left side)

Nose
wheel and probes positioning

electronic compartiment door, probes and electrical suppy under the nose